Longtime GCW booker, Ray Gunkel, died suddenly from a heart attack shortly after a match with Ox Baker in Savannah. Jim Phillips is a contributor for Pro Wrestling Stories. No matter how hard they tried, the might of Vince McMahon would not be stymied from reeling in everything he could, and Georgia Championship Wrestling would be no exception. Novice Championship is for 1st and 2nd year wrestlers who have not placed at Kids State You can do both Kids State and Novice Championship (you must qualify for Kids State on 2/25/23) Novice Championship Weigh Ins: Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - Little Kids - 8/10U - Must be in line 7AM Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12/14U - Must be in line 7AM 4/1/55 1/9/70 1/30/61 No pads or helmets or jerseys. Following Black Saturday, Ole sued Barnett and tried to continue with his own Championship Wrestling from Georgia. 9/13/56 Noah is also a stand out football player for the BMS football team playing running back and linebacker. 4/29/70 . 5/5/44 1982 Has no April or July. The exact length of several title reigns are uncertain, so the shortest possible length is used. Honoring the history of the greatest in professional wrestling while writing the next chapter. He held the Georgia Tag titles with Tarzan Tyler for a short time, but it was short-lived as the Torres and Vachon families battled for the straps for most of 1968. 2/2/61 3/7/70 1/1/69 2/11/44 2/9/61 1/4/69 7 min read. 4/4/70 Secondly, it switched its television outlet from its original home, then-ABC-affiliated WQXI-TV (now WXIA-TV) to UHF independent station WTCG, then owned by Ted Turner. 1/21/70 8/3/68 11/14/58 Georgia Championship Wrestling has roots in Atlanta dating back to 1944. Please disable your ad blocker to view the video content. 8/26/69 Although Ole had a run in the tag division with many partners, including Stan Hansen, the two lost the titles due to too many disqualifications. 4/15/61 1/7/57 However, unlike World Championship Wrestling, which had been a weekly show from the TBS studios in Atlanta, the WWF's TBS show at first consisted solely of highlights from the WWF's USA Network and syndicated programming, as well as house show clips from Madison Square Garden, Boston Garden, and most of the other major arenas it did business in. 1/17/57 There's only you, and your opponent of equal weight and size. 1/26/61 The past wrestling season Noah transferred in from Ohio to begin the season and finish with a near flawless record losing only once during the middle school and high school season. WRESTLING STARS - PAUL ELLERING VOLS 1-3 - PRO WRESTLING (#185720955946). Pay in 4 interest-free installments of $18.75 with. A small percentage was even owned by part-time booker and a man with one expression: Ole Anderson. 7/16/63 2/24/70 11/2/62 Paul Jones, the promoter responsible for the territory, began booking shows in the mid-1940s, and he was aided by a former . 1/24/67 10/24/67 5/20/60 , 6/21/50 9/5/69 7/16/59 Team Georgia is an all volunteer organization and is always looking for volunteers. 4/21/70 Some wrestlers, such as Roddy Piper, say that he was in fact doing so, but was prevented by fears of crossing organized crime figures involved with the sport. National Tag Team title (1980-1986) WWE: The Incredible Story Of Black Saturday, Explained. 4/28/70 1/7/70 1/13/61 By Coach Chad Smith Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. Learn more: Battle for Atlanta How The NWA Crushed Ann Gunkels Outlaw Promotion. 2/5/70 3/27/50 At 131 days, Armstrong's second reign was the longest in the title's history. 4/17/64 11/22/63 , 10/13/55 1/12/70 1/8/69 4/9/70 9/30/55 The NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship was a professional wrestling regional championship in Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW). Join us to honor history and carve. 1/11/56 With the grizzled, stoic Ole calling the shots, and the pitbull of a young worker in Arn delivering the heavy hits and suffocating spine busters that looked like Rembrandt in motion, the two decimated any pair that they laid their gaze on. Friday Night Weigh Ins - Will be determined by the Tournament Director. 1/13/50 2/14/61 All Wrestlers Must Make Scratch Weight - No Allowance. According to Ric Flair in his autobiography To Be the Man, The Road Warriors were offered $5,000 to injure the Brisco brothers during a tag team match by an unnamed, disgruntled source. 4/4/70 12/22/55 4/8/70 There have been a total of 11 recognized champions who have had a combined 18 official reigns, with "Bullet" Bob Armstrong holding the most at four. CAGEMATCH Promotions Database Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Titles. Shows were taped before a small (yet enthusiastic), live in-studio audience, as were most professional wrestling TV shows of that era. Georgia Championship Wrestling Back to Solie's Wrestling Videos Catalog Georgia Championship Wrestling was a professional wrestling promotion whose self-titled TV program aired in the 1970s and 1980s on Atlanta, U.S., superstation WTBS. Learn more. 1/23/61 By 1980, Georgia mainstays like Dusty Rhodes, Mr. Wrestling II, Tommy Wildfire Rich, The Masked Superstar, Tony Atlas, Austin Idol, Ole Anderson, Wahoo McDaniel and many others were genuine national wrestling celebrities due to the fact that Georgia Championship Wrestling had become cable TVs first legitimate hit show. 1/2/69 1/11/70 Coach Paul Coleman has done a great job getting Noah mat time at the high school level and putting him in position to elevate and push his skills further. Noah Stutler, a 8th grade wrestler for Bainbridge Middle School and also a Junior Varsity starter for the Bainbridge High School wrestling team competed at the Georgia All Freshman State Competition yesterday in Atlanta. 3/2/70 Wrestling is perhaps the purest form of athletic competition to exist in the realm of organized sports. 3/15/70 9/17/68 10/14/58 7/22/70 3/11/70 4/8/70 1/30/68 Eventually, the friction between Barnett and Anderson led to Barnett being forced out of GCW and giving up his long-held position of power within the National Wrestling Alliance. Rich defeated Harley Race for the NWA Heavyweight Championship in April of 1981, only to lose the title back to Race four days later. Turner's decision to give time slots to Bill Watts and Ole Anderson indirectly led to other wrestling organizations gaining national cable television contracts. 3/19/70 Jackson most regularly worked with GCW based out of Atlanta and Continental Championship Wrestling based out of Dothan, Ala., as well as working TV tapings for . PWSTees.com Your favorite Pro Wrestling Stories, on a tee! He was 80 years old. GCW moved its weekly live shows to the new venue, and it held wrestling events there over the next 25 years. 3/30/70 Ann Gunkel decided to start her own promotion outside of the National Wrestling Alliance, which she named the "All-South Wrestling Alliance.". Vincent K. McMahon (1984), STATES & PRIMARY CITIES: The NWA Georgia Television Title was also battled for by some of the best in the business. 6/9/44 12/2/60 1/2/59 , 1/9/50 Not only was he the state champion but was the first to ever win this level of tournament for a Bainbridge wrestler. 3/3/70 IF YOU DOUBLE BRACKET YOU WILL NOT BE REFUNDED. During the season I decided to move Noah from the BMS wrestling team to the Bainbridge High School team due to his ability and work ethic. 4/24/70 Gunkel also used her inside connections with Ted Turner, rumored to be romantically linked from their college days at Brown University, to acquire the television spot occupied by Watts at WTCG. He's been a wrestling fan since the late '70s and a journeyman writer for the past decade. 1/19/70 GCW's core audience began writing and calling TBS in droves,[3] furious over the fact that GCW was no longer airing on the station and demanding to know why. 2/1/69 6/30/61 There's no doubt about it, wrestling tops the list of intense, highly-competitive sports. 9/19/60 8/30/61 Michigan (Lansing, Dearborn, Grand Rapids) After gaining control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, the WWF immediately shut down the wrestling operation. Then, only a month later, in a match where they defeated NWA National Tag Team Champions Robert Fuller and Stan Frazier, better known for his time in the WWF as Uncle Elmer, The Freebirds unified the NWA and Georgia Tag Titles. He brawled his way through the Georgia heavyweight division, capturing the title four times during his time there, and he unified his belt with the newly formed NWA National Heavyweight Championship in September 1981. Firstly, it started promoting matches at the then-brand-new Omni Coliseum. 11/11/55 3/17/70 We will no longer refund for incorrect registration. 5/5/44 The territory was affiliated with what had been the world's top sanctioning body of championship titles for decades before, the National Wrestling Alliance (NWA). 9/25/58 10/29/68 3/8/69 7/2/69 2/3/66 He got his early training in part by Pat OConnor and made his professional debut as Johnny Walker at 20. > Ted Oates versus Bobby Eaton . While it probably wasnt a good idea to screw over Ole, the partners all came out of the deal financially or occupationally sound for the rest of their careers in the business. 1/18/69 3/14/70 One such leap of growth was catalyzed by Barnett himself when he saw an opportunity to go nationwide in 1976. Pennsylvania (Johnstown, Scranton, Erie, Reading, Altoona, Harrisburg) 8/14/57 11/7/70 , 7/5/67 5/6/55 Gerald Brisco (19741984) 11/4/55 9/1/60 GCW- Georgia Championship Wrestling In 1982, Georgia Championship Wrestling renamed its weekly program World Championship Wrestling, a name the entire promotion would grow to be identified by. 11/15/56 3/14/67 [4] Turner himself was angered by the sinking ratings and made two decisions that would fix the ratings problem. Though he got his break in Mid-Atlantic Championship Wrestling, it was in Georgia Championship Wrestling that he really made his mark on the NWA. Both images show the WTBS Techwood Drive studios on the right and Alexander Memorial . Championship vacated for unknown reasons. 1/1/68 Walker made a name for himself, working with NWA promoter Paul Boesch out of Houston but opted to start a family and retired as a young man just ten years after his debut. 6/25/48 They captured their first tag titles in November 1968 and held them a record ten times over the next four years. Several loyal wrestlers went with her, including then Georgia Tag Team champs Dick Steinborn and Argentina Apollo, which left those titles vacant. The NWA Georgia Television Championship shuffled around a lot, but it also gave many wrestlers the chance to make it their own and push their careers in the process. ( GHSA) Photo Galleries All Galleries GHSA Traditional State Championships Day 1 (Class 5A & 6A) Published: 2023 | 148 Photos GHSA Traditional Consolidation Finals (Classes 1A, 4A, 5A & 6A) Published: 2023 | 178 Photos 2/2/70 3/10/70 The second half, however, ushered in such promotional notables as Ray Gunkle, Jim Barnett, and Paul Jones, who made Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. (a member of the National Wrestling Alliance) a household term throughout the state via television. Georgia Championship Wrestling was formed in Atlanta in 1944 by promoter Paul Jones (retired wrestler Andrew Lutzi, not Paul Frederik who later was given the name) as ABC Booking. 4/28/70 McMahon promised the GCW fans who were tuned in that they would enjoy his new program just as much. Georgia Wrestling Announcer Freddie Miller Introducing Vince McMahon, That did not turn out to be the case and on July 11, 1984, Titan Sports officially took legal control of Georgia Championship Wrestling, Inc. and its two weekend time slots on Ted Turners Superstation. Word began to spread between workers who lived on the East Coast and out to California that Georgia was one of the places to get over and make some money. Born in Oklahoma City in June of 24, Jim Barnett started working around the wrestling business in his teens for Fred Kohler in his NWA Chicago territory. free shipping. Georgia Television title (1969-1979) 1/7/69 The WWF version of the show received somewhat lower Nielsen ratings than its NWA-associated forerunner. 1/23/69 1/29/59 1/30/70 1/1/69 Wrestlers from all over began to pour into the promotion, and the title scene exploded. 1/20/70 Delivery times may vary, especially during peak periods. Though based in Atlanta, the company also ran live wrestling shows throughout its geographic "territory" of Georgia. 4/16/70 , 7/17/67 1/14/57 Georgia Championship Wrestling's first weekly television series had premiered on then-WTCG in 1972 when station owner Ted Turner purchased the rights to air the program from station WQXI. Smirnoff > NWA World Junior Heavyweight Title Match: Les Thornton* vs. Kevin Sullivan > the Freebirds (01) (Terry Gordy . Notes - Delivery *Estimated delivery dates include seller's handling time, origin ZIP Code, destination ZIP Code and time of acceptance and will depend on shipping service selected and receipt of cleared payment. Tales From The Territories - GCW - Georgia Championship Wrestling - Full Episode 17/30 Original Wrestling Documentaries 61.1K subscribers Subscribe 1.9K 212K views 4 years ago. 10/7/55 11/25/63 1/7/57 In 1983, WWF owner Vince McMahon, who promoted the cartoonish gimmicks that GCW fans were not traditionally supportive of and who in recent months had begun to expand his promotion nationwide, took control of the other major cable television contract at the time when he purchased Southwest Championship Wrestling's Sunday morning USA Network time slot for his All American Wrestling program. Ole Anderson (1980-1984) 2/10/61 1/28/57 Well, times a-wasting, yall. 1/1/69 Noah, who was accompanied by his family, entered the tournament as an individual through USA Wrestling certification.The Georgia Freshman State Championship exists to give college coaches and high school coaches a glimpse of what is to come skillswise in wrestling. Along with the squash matches, Miller did interviews with many of the WWF stars, mainly to promote the upcoming, inaugural WrestleMania I. The old NWA cage matches are some of the bloodiest Ive ever seen, and The Masked Superstar was up at the top of that list with Dusty Rhodes and Ric Flair for the amount of blood let onto the canvas. 3/25/57 4/27/70 2/15/70 1/14/55 To this point, the NWA National Heavyweight Title and the NWA National Tag Team Titles were the only really active titles, along with the NWA National TV title in the background. By 1994, none of these companies remained in business, with the exception of the Memphis-based branch of the USWA, which folded in 1997. 2/13/50 4/5/70 2/22/70 8/7/61 , 1/31/58 1/14/57 Jack Brisco and Gerald Brisco had major stakes in the organization while Ole Anderson was head booker and was basically in charge of operations. A secondary title complementing the NWA Columbus Heavyweight Championship, it was one of many state tag team championships recognized by the National Wrestling Alliance. 10/2/59 9/13/46 The Brisco Brothers also worked GCW during these years. 10/30/58 Rich was a fan favorite during his run in the NWA, working the babyface angle to the hilt as he battled with Buzz Sawyer, The Fabulous Freebirds, among many others. Many of the NWA's regional promoters were unhappy, but Barnett claimed since he was only using Georgia-based wrestlers, that there was no harm. YOU ARE NOT ALLOWED TO DOUBLE BRACKET IN A NOVICE TOURNAMENT. The final champion was Angelo Mosca and the title was eventually abandoned after 1979. 1/1/70 Wrestling) > Bill Dromo and Luke Graham . 8/26/70 El Mongol would retire from wrestling in 1982 to open a pair of Mexican restaurants with his wife in Doraville, Georgia. It can be purchased here:https://www.usawmembership.com/login. Finally, on March 2, 1985, the WWF changed the name of their program to WWF Georgia Championship Wrestling and began airing in-studio squash matches co-hosted by ring announcer Miller and play-by-play commentator Gorilla Monsoon. When Georgia Championship Wrestling's local television carrier, WTCG Channel 17 (later renamed WTBS) was broadcast nationally via satellite beginning on December 17, 1976, it became cable TV's first "superstation" and the NWA's Georgia promotion was poised to become the first wrestling program with nationwide coverage since the days of the Dumont While Barnett still held stock, it was less than even Ole, so they all thought they were in fairly safe waters, but McMahon smelled the stench of a dying animal and went in for blood like any good predator. 6/23/61 2/4/55 1/24/61 USA gave McMahon another time slot when WWF Prime Time Wrestling, a similar program to the WWF's TBS program that aired on Monday nights and was a forerunner to the current Monday Night Raw, debuted early in 1985. 12/9/55 4/17/70 5/1/70 8/26/55 1/25/69 The revival of a brand of pro wrestling that was the forerunner throughout the 70s & 80s. Its only a five-hour drive up I-95 from our last stop, Championship Wrestling in Florida, so lets get going. 11/15/69 1/19/63 4/11/70 Nick Bockwinkel and Thunderbolt Patterson both held the title three times in the 70s, with Bob Armstrong holding it twice in those years as well. Lots of Buzz Sawyer though, for the people that like him.Match listing:Buzz . Losing money on the deal and desperately looking for help, McMahon turned to Jim Barnett, who directed him to NWA President Jim Crockett Jr., the owner of Jim Crockett Promotions (JCP), which promoted wrestling shows in Virginia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. The oldest city in Georgia and a strategic port city in the American Revolution, Savannah was the last city occupied by the British before they sailed back home in 1782. While the stars of World Championship Wrestling were off packing houses in states far from their home base, local fans were offered a substandard product and attendance in Georgia dwindled. You do not have to qualify for Novice Championship, Novice Championship is for 1st and 2nd year wrestlers who have not placed at Kids State, You can do both Kids State and Novice Championship (you must qualify for Kids State on 2/25/23), Saturday, March 4th, 2023 - Little Kids - 8/10U - Must be in line 7AM, Sunday, March 5th, 2023 - 12/14U - Must be in line 7AM, Schedule of Tournaments (teamgawrestling.org), 2/12/23 The Commerce Clash, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300150502?section=registration, 2/18/23 Dawsonville Mean Streak Open, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300149702?section=registration, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events_registrations/participant?event_category_id=&state_id=11&month=&year=, 2/26/23 Freshman/Girls State, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300148102?section=registration, Team Georgia USA Wrestling Events and Tickets by GoFan, 3/4-3/5/2023 Kids State & Novice Championship, https://www.usawmembership.com/usaw_events/2300148202?section=registration. 7/14/58 Compare and contrast the images below. 4/6/70 Tennessee (Johnson City, Knoxville, Chattanooga) No matter how many top-tier competitors came after it, the Georgia Heavyweight Title was dominated by one man. This move set the stage for an important move in wrestling history, involving another regional promoter: Vince McMahon. 7/29/60 1/31/67 superstar sgt. Georgia Championship Wrestling (GCW) Inactive promotion in the Americas region Overview News and Rumors Articles Events Event Statistics Results Titles All-Time Roster Matchguide Win/Loss Records Promos Tournaments Rivalries Books Ratings Comments Events Displaying items 1 to 100 of total 2063 items that match the search parameters. 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